I've "winged it" and built some nice things, e.g. house, cabinets, furniture, using the most basic of tools over the past 30 years. I have collected a few firsts (for me) such as a 6" jointer and lunchbox planer and hope to start bulding a new shop by the end of the year. The current shop is very tight at 16' X 24' and everything in the world has to be stored there. I hope to glean a few ideas about shop layout efficiency from you LJs out there. It has already been great fun just seeing the different ideas on making tools mobile, since very few have all the space they need! Look forward to interaction with and maybe even offering a little something to the LJ community.

-- Like Guy Clark sez - "Sometimes I use my head, Sometimes I get a bigger hammer"

I bought small bench top drill press a couple months ago to dedicate to “wood only” drilling and with hopes that I could affix a drill press table with fence. I was pleasantly surprised when I unpacked the drill press since there was ...

I’ve been at this for much of the last 3 weeks and have a bit to go to reach what I’ll call completion. There’s lots of benches built to suit one style or another, albeit English/Nicholson, Roubou, and I researched benches ad nau...

I’m building a version of this bench and having trouble finding info since it was a 2008 pub. Can anyone tell me how the boxes that serve as a toll well are supported? Is there simply a solid tool well that the boxes sit in? or, are there wi...

I’m doing research for my first woodworking bench build and Have a question or two that some fellow LJs may be able to answer. I’ve looked at so many different styles of benches and I understand the advice to build for your personal st...

The vise that Rockler sells for a quick release front vise tagged item no. 27838 is painted black. I bought one today that was never installed but the guy had misplaced the two nuts on the front. Anyone know the size and thread pitch of these two?...